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title: "2 Endeavour Quotes By James Stephens"
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> [A man and a woman may become quite intimate in a quarter of an hour. Almost certainly will they endeavour to explain themselves to each other before many minutes have elapsed; but a man and a man will not do…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-stephens/a-man-and-a-woman-may-become-quite-intimate-in-a-quarter-of-an-hour/)

[James Stephens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-stephens/)

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> [I came to the resolve that the attempt was not only worth trying, but should be tried in the very near future if we wanted at all to keep our flag flying; for I was sure as of my own…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-stephens/i-came-to-the-resolve-that-the-attempt-was-not-only-worth-trying-but/)

[James Stephens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-stephens/)

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## More by James Stephens

> [“Even the wind had ceased, and there seemed to be nothing in the world but the darkness and himself. In that gigantic blackness, in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-stephens/even-the-wind-had-ceased-and-there-seemed-to-be-nothing-in-the-world/)

[James Stephens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-stephens/)

> [A Leprecaun without a pot of gold is like a rose without perfume, a bird without a wing, or an inside without an outside.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-stephens/a-leprecaun-without-a-pot-of-gold-is-like-a-rose-without-perfume-a/)

[James Stephens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-stephens/)

> [Originality does not consist in saying what no one has ever said before, but in saying exactly what you think yourself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-stephens/originality-does-not-consist-in-saying-what-no-one-has-ever-said/)

[James Stephens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-stephens/)

> [The duty of a lyrical poet is not to express or explain, it is to intensify life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-stephens/the-duty-of-a-lyrical-poet-is-not-to-express-or-explain-it-is-to/)

[James Stephens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-stephens/)

> [A man and a woman may become quite intimate in a quarter of an hour. Almost certainly will they endeavour to explain themselves to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-stephens/a-man-and-a-woman-may-become-quite-intimate-in-a-quarter-of-an-hour/)

[James Stephens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-stephens/)

> [“The toxin generates the anti-toxin. The end lies concealed in the beginning. All bodies grow around a skeleton. Life is a petticoat about death.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-stephens/the-toxin-generates-the-anti-toxin-the-end-lies-concealed-in-the/)

[James Stephens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-stephens/)

> [A sword, a spade, and a thought should never be allowed to rust.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-stephens/a-sword-a-spade-and-a-thought-should-never-be-allowed-to-rust/)

[James Stephens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-stephens/)

> [“But outside of the North of Ireland there is no religious question, and in the North it is fundamentally more political than religious.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-stephens/but-outside-of-the-north-of-ireland-there-is-no-religious-question/)

[James Stephens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-stephens/)

> [I hear a sudden cry of pain! There is a rabbit in a snare.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-stephens/i-hear-a-sudden-cry-of-pain-there-is-a-rabbit-in-a-snare/)

[James Stephens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-stephens/)

> [Tell me your past, my beloved, for a man is his past, and is to be known by it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-stephens/tell-me-your-past-my-beloved-for-a-man-is-his-past-and-is-to-be-known/)

[James Stephens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-stephens/)

> [Finality is death. Perfection is finality. Nothing is perfect. There are lumps in it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-stephens/finality-is-death-perfection-is-finality-nothing-is-perfect-there-are/)

[James Stephens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-stephens/)

> [Life runs to death as its goal, and we should go towards that next stage of experience either carelessly as to what must be,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-stephens/life-runs-to-death-as-its-goal-and-we-should-go-towards-that-next/)

[James Stephens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-stephens/)

> [Women and birds are able to see without turning their heads, and that is indeed a necessary provision for they are both surrounded by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-stephens/women-and-birds-are-able-to-see-without-turning-their-heads-and-that/)

[James Stephens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-stephens/)

> [Men come of age at sixty, women at fifteen.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-stephens/men-come-of-age-at-sixty-women-at-fifteen/)

[James Stephens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-stephens/)

> [“Curiosity will conquer fear more than bravery will.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-stephens/curiosity-will-conquer-fear-more-than-bravery-will/)

[James Stephens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-stephens/)

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